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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS. JUNE 22, 1826. [THE TIMES.] The military have been called in at Weymouth, not to quell.any serious disturbance, for there was none, but to throw a stigma on the popular candidate, whose friends it had become a considerable object with the unpopulars to discourage by a dis— play of official resolution and power. We are sorry to find it. stated that Mr. Wallace was, the person who feat, committed ibis: unseemly outrage' upon every constitutional sentiment ; but the fashion had been set a few days before at Carlisle, and the Mas ter of the Mint being a Cumberland man, caught eagerly at so congenial an example. Let, however, the precedent come whence it might, there can be none :more unworthy the imitation of an English Gentleman, above all, of a Minister, and that Minister a candidate pretending to appeal to the voluntary suffrages of the .people fora great responsible trust. It does not appear, indeed, :dint the bayonet or sabre was actually resorted to cm the 'she* occasion. The Dragoons were sent for from Dor `aieeter, and on arriving, the officer found the town so little in need (Whit profeisitmal interference, that he refused the billets which had been provided for his men, and exclaiming " Where's 'the riot r marched them home again, with much manifestation 'of alacrity. But it is not enough that no violence should be laid 'fo the charge of soldiers in cases like the present. Their appear ance on an'election scene—their proximity to it—their very name 'pronounced by individuals having an interest in the issue of a civil 'and constitutional struggle—jars with the purpose of the time , 'and has a sinister bearing on the minds of those connected with It is impossible to separate the idea of soldiers from that of force, or of force from that of positive coercion. So that the state of feeling produced by the display of an army of observation "near the hustings, is far from favourable, it must be allowed, to 'welt a calm and undiverted view of the merits of the candi dates, either supported by Government or opposed to it, as i'Obsihl help to inspire the elector. with confidence in the justice of th'i vote which he was giving.. Besides all this, what an uncoil ititutional precedent is thus afforded, and how difficult of belief are most public functionaries, that a recourse to Illysical power is a precedent which ought not in every case to be repeated. We hold it the duty of every Englishman to cherish that instinct by which his ancestors were alarmed, • at the first suspicion that the sword was about to in. , 'crude itself into the sanctuary of their political deliberations.-- The sword will bear no equal empire, but soon becomes a sove reign, when it is no longer a slave. With much earnestness, therefore, and anxiety do we pray, that in no instance but such as precludes all hope of protecting the community by the civil authorities unaided, shall troops- . --no matter bow respectable, hut still mercenary troops—be invited by magistrates to watch and menace the celebration of our highest civic mysteries. It would be a sad exchange for a few broken heads, to familiarize the elec tors of this - country with peace-preservers in scarlet embroidered regimentals. It would be a miserable remedy for too much ardour in the exercise of our national rights, to generate among the people a gross indifference to the presence of a body which ac knowledges no right but that of enforcing obedience by the bayonet. Let magistrates, therefore, employ half the population of their respective districts if necessary, as constables, to keep the other half in order; but let us, if the thing be possible, have done with electioneering through the agency of riflemen and dragoons. [itutristi rims.] pe believe there never was a General Election at which the direct influence of Government was so entirely dormant as at the present; and, from all appearances, the Members of the new Parliament will even increase the immense majorities by which the measures of the Ministers were supported during the later sessions of the old one. His Majesty's servants will meet a House of Commons, the Members of which have been re turned more under the immediate influence of the people that any one in the last or present century; and for this plain reason, be cause probably no Administration during that period has so in cessantly attended to one leading point, which ought always to be kept in view by British Statesmen—that of drawing closely the connexion between the governors and the governed. Relying on the result of the efforts they have been making for the public, and feeling confident of the progress they are making in the way of re form, by temperately yet effectually (and It could not be done ef. fectually unless it were done temperately), ameliorating the crimi nal code, by revising the 049011Merelailly04411, andbypursuing an inde pendent Course ofeenduct regowdlogthe foreign policy of the country. Though Platt Islls least, we may mtrotion the measure eernsevent on the disfrairchherment oftOrampound. which has -given to a popu lous diet:id en increased number of Representatives, by the only means by which it could have been done without breaking up the resent representative system, Ind remodelling it after the fashioo of rash reformers, viz. by disfranclizing a borough, the electors of which have proved themselves grossly verrupt, to confer their pri vileges on others more likely to exercise theta with propriety. In the midst of the general satisfaction with which the conduct of Ministers has been viewed in all parts of the country, and by all classes of the people, it is singular to observe the efforts which are made by some who are in the habit of opposing Government, whoever are its men, and whatever may be its measures. —to find something to carp at-e—somthing to show that they have the will to injure, throsh they want the power. An impotent attack of this sort wo made by the Times, of yesterday, on Mr. Peel, on account of the alleged riots at Coventry.— After taking for granted all that has been usterted on one side o f t h e question, the Ti mes a s ks where blame can attach more properly than on Mr. Peel, the llon Secretary? Mr. Peel ought to have made arrangements to prevent electioneering squabbles ; Mr. Peel ought to have foreseen that the one party would out-manoeuvre the other, anti get possession of the neigh bourhood of the hustings ; Mr. Peel ought to have got the voters for the different candidates marshalled and distributed in equal proportions • Mr. Peel ought to have been ready to act as um pire, when tics mob felt inclined to exercise summery justice on a turncoat ; Mr. Peel ought to have had his military picquets ready to drop from the clouds when. the Whig patty bad the worst, and to vanish whenever the Times should think that their presence , interfered with the freedom of election ; Mr. Peel, in short, aught to have beets at Coventry, at Preston, at Leicester, at Chester, at Weymouth, awl in case of accident he should have held himself disposable to take a trip to .lohn O'Groats and Cape Clear. A General Election is a necessary evil—it is an event productive of much mischief, though attended with benefits incalculably supe rior to its disadvantages ; but we must necessarily submit to the bad for the sake of the good ; end neither Mr. Peel, nor even the writer of the leading article in the Timm could have averted the evils which have attended the present election. If the journalist had &awn the proper conelusion from the facts, be would have seen that all these disturbance" only serve to show thst futility of those impracticable plans of Parliamentary Reform with which h e , i n eo natuen with others, has been in the habit of amusing the public. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Tuesday an inquisition was taken at the White Horse, Knightsbridge, before Tuos. Htao, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Charles Buck, who was killed under the following circumstances ; William Wsrllby, plasterer, deposed, that he knew the deceased, who want about 24 years of age, and was a bricklayer ; last Wed nesday, witness and the deetasied were at work in Broriiptott: there was a scaffold outside the ;house; they were on the scaffold at work, when', onerif the putlogs aud(tvoly broke, and the seaf fold fell with theirt; the deceased was e4verely hurt, and taken to St. George. Hospital. Mr. John Howling, house surgeon to St. Geotge'e Hospital, deposed, that the deceased was brought into the Hospital en Wed. ne eday last ; witness- examined him, and found that his ancle was broke, and that ho wan bruised in other parts of the body ; wit. nets A tte:tiled him daily ; the first two days he went on favour ably, after that period he began to labour under an affection of the c h es t. }lie death was occasioned by the outer ancle of the left ltd' breaking within the joint ; this was sufficient to cause it, although the inflounaation of the eheet accelerated h*dissoiution. Juror..—fled tt mortification taken place its the joint? Witetse—Att abscess had formed, vrhiels was the primitive mu o f t h e i o fi e ramation.—Verdkt , " Accidental Death." Deo, dund, One Rhilling. SLIDDVI OF ALDSRMAN Cox. 'This melancholy event took place on Tuesday afternoon, at his real dence in Hart-street, Illoomalutry. The Mclennan, who for soros ti m e p as t enjOyed. good state of health, proceeded from his,)iona e about two o'clock to his office in liancheater-buildings, froso which place he returned in the course of sn hour and a half. Upon his entering the howk , e, be complained of * pain in his chest, and observed that he 1V01.11(1 lie down ; in a few pim* a f ter . wards his chantber bell rang.riolently, %vie on his attendants *attiring the room, they discovered the Alderman apparently in a fit. Medical aid wee instantly resorted to, and Mr. Ireland, sur geon, of Hart-street, attended, and attempted to bleed Mr. Cox, .wiser, after revere! ineffectual attempts, small portion of blood was procured, but which was of no avail, as he died in a few 14Ates after, apparently with considerable pain. The immediate , lattect of the death was apoplexy ; but from what causes the attack '74Onstati s . *ye were nut able to learn. The deceased was elected ititt mat t or 'he ward I,rAidersgikir.itnitt I R thy l'ear LAW, INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Juw V. THE KING V. THE KARL OF HARBOROUGH AND ANOTHER. The defendants were indicted for having, on the morning of the 20th of June last, assaulted Richard Addison, one of the watchmen of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in the execution of his duty. . Richard Addison, the prosecutor, stated, that he had been one of the watchmen for the parish of St. George, Hanover square, for two or three years, and oo the morning of the 20th of June last, was on duty on his heat, in Bond-street, near Conduit -street, when between the hours of one and two in the morning, he saw two gentlemen (one of whom he after wards found to be Lord Harborough) passing along on the other side of the street, making a great noise, calling out "Yoho l" a sort of sailor's cry. The witness spoke to them, and requested them not to make a noise, but go on quietly, as . there was a lady very ill near the spot, and wkose husband had requested him to keep the street as quiet as possible, Lord Harborough replied that he would do it again if he thought proper, and cried out louder than before. Witness desired them; if they were gentlemen, to go along quietly, and act as such, or he would take them to the watchhouse; and on their continu ing to make a noise he crossed over the street, sprung his rattle, and attempted to seize Lord Harborough, who ran away. to ward's Stevens's hotel, at the door of which the witness over took and seized him by the collar ; Lord Harborough rang the bell, the door was opened, and witness refusing to let go his hold, he was forced into the house by his Lordship's com panion. Several more gentlemen came to his Lordship's assist ance, and Mr Bayley stripped off his coat and began to knock the witness about, while Lord Harborough having called for the poker, and obtained an iron with which they draw the urn irons out of the fire, called out " Now for Waterloo ;" and com menced striking witness on his bare head with it till the iron was bent, and he was covered with blood. The witness had lost his hat and stick at first, and Mr. Bayley assisted Lord Harbo rough in beating him. This took place near the coffee-room door; they then got him down, and dragged him towards the stairs, when Lord Harborough called out, " Now, Bayley, pay him ; d—n him, kill him." Bayley then struck the witness with his fist between the eyes, which nearly stunned him. Other watchmen then came to his assistance, and got him away. In consequence of the severe beating he received, the witness was unable for three weeks to do any thing. He was then forced to resume his former employment (although scarcely able), in con sequence of his having a wife and family entirely dependent on him for support. Cross-examined by Mr. TINDAL, for Lord Harborough.— The other gentleman who was with Lord Harborough did not say, that if I had any charge to make, that was Lord Harbo rough, and that he was going to his hotel ; I did not know who the parties were until the next day, although Murphy, a watch man by Steveus's door, said he knew the gentlemen, and that they lived there; Lord Harborough did not call out again after I spoke to him, till he got to the door of the hotel, when he said he supposed he might make a noise in his own house. I said, I did not care what he did in his own house, but he should not make a noise in the street. He then called out again, and I seized him. I swear no person in the coffee-room told me that the gen tleman was Lord Harborough. I asked for their address, and said, if they would give it me I would go away, but neither the waiter or the master of the house would tell. There was a wo man there, but she did not offer to give the defendants' names in my hearing. Lord Harboroug4 was not on the ground when I had hold of him, and I did not strike any one before the poker was called for, or after. The next day I lodged a complaint at Marlborough-street Police-office, that I had been assaulted at the hotel, and that the waiter knew their names. 'The magistrate .sent a constable to the waiter, but he refused to come, till the magistrate granted a summons for him. On hearing my com plaint, a summons was granted against the parties, and they were subsequently bound over to the sessions. The indictment was re moves! by me into this court. Cross-examined by Mr. Wzawratatt for Mr. Bayley.—As soon as I went to the house, I saw Mr. Bayley. I had bold of Lord Harborough, and Mr. Bayley tried to pull him away from me. I don't know whether Mr. Bayley desired me to let go Lord Harborough. I tried to take them both into custody. I did not say I would have him out, dead or alive. I will not swear I did not say I was determined to take him. I don't know,who tore Mr. Bayley's shirt, or Lord Harborough's coat. Several other watchmen were called, who corroborated the prosecutor's testimony with regard to the violence with which he was treated In the coffee-house. Ono of than said be recognised hire male by; hi* ;voice, as UM could no► tell who lee was by 'taut, he was so : covered with blood. Titer Glee, stated, that when the hotteekeeper appeared and 'offered to give the names of the 'gentle men in the morning, provided the watchmen would go away, all the gentlemen called out, " No, no." Mr. TINDAL haVing addressed the ,jury on behalf of Lord Har borough, and Mr. Wightman for Mr. Bayley, for the defence called Mr. Henry Bray, who stated, that lie was in company with Lord Harborough on the morning of the 20th of June. They had been dining the day preceding - at Richmond, and were returning, up Bruton-street, having left their carriage at the stables. Lord Harborough, in passing the residence of his friends, was in the habit of calling out " Yo, ho !" which he did in Bruton-street,. when the prosecutor came up in a very insulting manner, and desired them to be quiet, or he ,avould take them to the watch-house. Lord Harborough then ran away toward. the hotel, and the watchman followed hint ; he then rang the bell, end said he might hellos at his own door. The watchman replied, "Do if you dare," on which Lord Harborough called out " Yo, ho !" and the watchman seized him by the collar and sprung his rattle. The 'door was then opened, and Murphy, the other watchman, cams forward and asked what was the matter. The prosecutor said the gentle man had been making a noise in the street. Murphy said the gentleman was Lord Hatborough, and that he lived there. Prosecutor said, he did not care who, he was, lie would have him to the watch-house ; and the doer being opened, Lord Harborough rushed into the c .ffee-room, with the prosecutor holding him. I got hold of the prosecutor's bawls, and got him away from Lord Harborough, and lie then seized nie,and by the noise made by my struggling to get away, Mr. Bayley came down stairs; and in two or three minutes after, several watchmen came in, and Lord Harborough and Mr. Bayley were beat black and blue by them ; the piece of iron was not called for till they had been so brutally treated by them. Their clothe* were torn off their becks• Crose-examiped by Mr. DIN'ArA.I4.-,la a friend of Lord Har borough's, end frequently with him on board his yacht. They were coming from Mr. Stanliepe's, in South -street, at the time, and lad not had too much wine, as they had only one bottle be ;weep them at Richmond, its it was so had i they had no . . grog. Lorti ltarborough rung out only once before the watch man said he would take him to the Avatchhouse. Lord Her borough said he should be murdered, ter God's sake give him the poker, and at the time he was receiving blows from Ad dison's Thomas Murphy, a watchman of St. Janice!, parish, mated that be informed the prosecutor that the gentleman was Lord flarborough. Josiah Turner, the waiter, Sarah Reed, the housekeeper, Thos. }lcily, Mr. Bayley's servant, and James Scott, the master of the house, all stated that the watchmen had conducted themselves in a very ver:,. violent manner ; that Lord flarbormigh and Mr. Bayley were severely beaten ; and that the watchmen were informed wlu , the parties . were, and that they should }is forth coming in the minting The Common Sena - can't having addressed the Jury in reply, The Loan Cum Jurricei after: shortly recapitulating the evi dance, concAlded by stating that the point very properly left for the consideration of the Jury by the Learned Counsel for the pro teeutitm• was, whether the watchmen had been informed who the defendants were; if so, they certainly were not warranted in taking them into custody for such an offence. The Jury, altar. a 1111011 consultation, returned a verdict' pf Nat Guilty. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Juin psitr,......rtitez V. Tilwarrits, ESQ. This War an action brought by George Price, Esq, a barrister asti4W, against the defendant, a proprietor of the Mornitig herald newspaper, to recover compensation in damages for a libel pub• lished in that journal on the 11th of March last, affecting the ciliaratter of the plaintiff: The libelous matter in question was (iouhtioeti iu fkreport from Sow-strect. office, where the plain tiff was stated to be charged with indecent contbict to two ladies in Maiden-lane, at a late hour the preceding night. 01 the followin c rmornint Mr. Price, it seemed, appeareti before the sitt itig magistrate (Mr. Minshull), who, after hearing the watehmair 4 4 tatmetka, rz,dared the plaintiff to be discharged. The Learned Counitel (Mr. Ludlow) id that the report which tippeared in the alms ' " ' newspaper was an incorrect account, and affected his eiirl,t's character 'who was in de "profession of the law , a nd en titledrig to a verd ict , hi leaving the amount orditnaget in the hatiO of the Jury. An affidavit from tht iiiksoup-of6ce, with the ,natnes of the printer,puhlither, and proprietor*, was produced, es war 'L b° the Aforniiiiie , eld newspaper hi the'Regtstrar of the Staml" ffiee ' announcing the defendant (I%lr. 'Thwrites) as one of the pro 0-ietors. —'This closed the plaintiff - It ose. 144. t htttirisi fur the defendant / adatersod the Jury at consider- able length, and called, the reportap, James Acland, who had fur. niched the Morning Herald with the' account, and from his tes timony he declared the statement a correct one. After bearing the evidence of two other witnesses, John Richmond, the clerk at Bow-street office, and Bartlett, the watch house keeper, who was present when the charge was entered in the book, Mr. Luntow again addressed. the Jury, contending that the report was an inaccurate one. The LORD Cuter BARON summed up the evidence, when the Jury, after a short consultatian, returned a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages, 100/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. —Yesterday an elderly woman, calling her self Mary Edwards, accompanied by a pretty-looking girl named 'Betsey Jones, was brought before Mr. HALLS, at the instance of Mr. Harris, a saddler and lodging-house, keeper in Arundel street, Strand, on a charge of robbery and various acts of swindling. The girl .Tones was about 14 years of age, and had an appear ance of extreme simplicity and innocence, but it would seem from the evidence that she has already been made tolerably proficient in the ways of vice. Mrs. Edwards, it appeared, came in a hackney coach to Mr. Harris's house on Friday last, and requested leave to look at some apartments which were to let there. She *as shown up stairs, and having expressed herself satisfied with the accommodation offered, and the terms, she stated, in answer to a request for 'a reference to some person of respectability, that she was a lady of fortune from Sornereetshire—that she was sojourning in town for a short time to settle some business relating to her property, and that she had only brought her otn maid with her, as she wished to be at as little trouble and expellee as possible during her very limited stay. She afterwards added, as if seeming to recollect herself—" By the by, my cook is on her way to town, for I stn very particular in '' culinary matters, and do not like to eat any thing that is not dont after my own fashion and by my own servant, who has been with me for many years, and knows all my little ways and likings." She is a woman of superior address, and her man ners were so imposing, that Mrs. Harris felt satisfied that she was about to receive into her house a person of censequence..— The bargain was struck at two guineas per week, and the same evening Mrs. Edwards eagle and took possession, bringing with her the other prisoner, slants, who passed as lady's maid. On Sa turday the cook, a comely-looking woman,. arrived, and entered upon the duties of her office, and certainly her mistress kept her very well employed, for no lady could take better care of herself in the eating and drinking way than Mrs. Edwards, but it happened that it was entirely at the expence of the neighbouring tradesmen. 'She had not been an hour in the house on Friday, before her maid Betsey was sent to the various tradesmen in the neighbour hood, and in a very short time a complete stock of provisions, wines, spirits, &c., were safely deposited in Mr. Harris's house for the use of Mrs. Edwards and her little establishment, and all these things were obtained entirely upon credit ; for if any , question was asked, the lady's maid at once silenced the ques tion, by "0, Sir, you need not send the things unless you like ; I can go elsewhere, I dare say. My mistress is a lady of fortune, and will pay you in her usual way, once a week." It was re marked, as a little extraordinary, that every thing brought into the house on Mrs. Edwards' account was conveyed to her apart ments, instead of being deposited in the kitchen ; but this was accounted for by the lady's maid, who said her mistress was un fortunately of a suspicious disposition, and when in London liked to have every thing under her own eye. The cook was observed to go out very often, and each time to have a tolerably bulky par cel with her; and the great quantity of goods which were conti nually pouring into the house, and some conversation which Mr. Harris happened to overbear between the three, at length ex cited some suspicion—which being rather openly expressed, the cook soon afterwards went out, and did not return. Mr. Harris inquired amongst the tradesmen, and found that in three days Mrs. Edwards bad obtained goods to the amount of nearly 501. She bad got 6/. worth from an oilman alone ; and from a neighbouring pub lican she bad had three bottles of wine per diem, besides a quan tity of spirits which her maid ordered on the day of her arrival. This information, together with the non-arrival of Mrs. Edwards's luggage, which she had stated would be brought by waggon in a day or two, convinced Mr. Harris that the sooner lie got rid of Mrs. Edwards the better, and without ceremony he informed her she must quit his house as speedily as possible. She professed to he very indignant at this, and high words arose Mr. Harris told her plainly he "should stand no nonsense," and proceeded to ex amine the apartments, when he found that two silver spoons,aotne table-Worn, +tad :other WAWA* *Mali .weee furnished to Mrs. Ed wards, were misehig, and tiiiis.riet a single article was left of the great quantity of goods whloh slacked obtained. Mr. Harris mods further inquiry respecting the prisoner in other quarters, and found that only a week before she bad taken apartments in Southamp ton-buildings, Holborn, under the same pretences ; where she re mained four days only, and in that time contrived to obtain goods from every tradesman in the neighbourhood, which goods disap peared acrapidly as they were procured. The office was crowded by the tradesmen in Mr. Harris's neighbourhood from whom the prisoners had obtained goods, and they all concurred in pronouncing Miss Betty Jones, the lady's maid to be a perfect adept in the deceptive arts by which her mis tress seemed to have supported herself. Mrs. Edwards laughed at the charges made against her, and said it was true she had got the goods, 'end shimeant to pay for them. As to the spoons and the other contemptible trifles, she knew no thing of them ; and it was ridiculous to suppose that a lady would look after all the little matters which were let to her in a furnished lodging. Mr. Hit.t.4 said, he was not to be deceived by tine talking.— She appeared to him to be one of the most industrious swindlers he hod ever seen before him, and he should certainly detain her and her pupil for further hearing, and meanwhile, perhaps, some publicity would be given to the ease, and other complaints would, he doubted nut, be forthcoming. The prisoners were remanded till Friday next. When they were rettioved to the lockup-room, Jones, one, of the gaolers, I thought he would search the old lady, and doing so, he pulled forth from an immense poeket which she wore at her side, an old greasy. night cap stuffed full with biscuits, cakes of chocolate, two or three second-hand hair brushes, a towel, some pawnbrokers' du plicates, end a huge unhoiled potato,. Jones brought her in he . - fore the Magistrate again, and produced what he had found; the exhibition of which produced no mall degree of merriment. When taken to prison, Mrs. Edward* Was , immediately wog- , Mud as an old visitor ; and it was ascertained that a man, who 1 once pissed as her valet, was transported some time since for swindling practices. MARLBOROUGiIeSTREET.---On Tuesday afternoon a re spectebly-dresied man appeared before J. E. CON A NT, Esq., 'the sitting Magistrate, and made the following complaint 1 — lie was, he said, a Manchester man, recently arrived in this metropolis, and Thomas Booth, his name. On Wednesday last, he went to the Bank of England to get a 50/. note changed, and • was returning home, when in St. Paul's Church-yard he was ace coated by a man of gentlemanly,. and rather 'countrified appears ' ance, who began a conversation with him; by asking his opinion of the merits of the City candidates. Mr. Booth did not hesitate to give his opinion, and from one topic they proceeded to arr- "other; and Mr. Booth determined in his own mind, that lie had met with a very desirable acipaintence; and so considering, he • did not hesitate to make the country gentleman ae ges it i t e d with the business he was then upon, end ask his advice abant. lie (Booth) was then going to an attorney, concerning one Waylen, a seelerboard-maker Gray'e-in-lane, who had induced him, by false etaternenfs, to purchase his business, to secure which he de posited,with Waylen 4/. and his tools. Pie afterwards learned that the business was not so advantageous as it had been re - presented to be, and he, in consequence, desired to have his money end tools again, but Waylen refuted give them up. These things he told the country gentlentan, niht) strongly advised him to have nothing to do with the law, at all events. • Mr. Booth, however , did go to an attor ney, an n d e i' with t he hetlln at trYg to en rn t e le y t , na the cou n try narrilP" gentleman iedhil; and when they had took him into a. dark back parlour in the Five Bells public-hew, in Chancery ; but looking reund i . and as Mr. Booth supposed, seeing none of his accomplice' th ere , h e ca me out, and th,CY' Went together to the Old Blue B oer , i n Newport-market. As they w en t i n at t h e door, Mr. Booth he ar d sonic one say, " up stairs, g en tle men !" and the Gauntry on i ile fit untryge»tl r e s m ;r oo t r :went sy hel up: tair followed by M r . B ooth, into a room theys , eat down, end ca ll e d f or refreshment. After a short time, V Ssiklr reeled into the room, and Shewing what appeared te be Bank notes, proposed towin g f oe had Net 4 , 5/. ! Mr. Booth 51. a time ! The country' persuaded 'Mr. Booth to himself Mr. .ißv°a°atthhear peee'rls,uaalilldedtn"eundteirarmetill te"' with ;be sailor, proinieing s to ci :` u g s o pr h e al te v n ea ce l by the country gentleman, to go and wait o utside for five minutes. Mr. Booth went outside, and when the five minutes had elapsed, lie went into the room nein. It is almost unnecessary to add, that the country gektleam, the and the' 451. were gene ! The landlord of :11iiheter, : 'when Mr. booth represented to him the trick that hail been played upon Win, declared th a t h e knew nothing at a ll p f- t h e parties. Mr. Cuieerr, however, gent Clements, the officer, who brought the landlord of thellitie Boat to the Office' yesterday. Be silted, however, in his ignorance of the parties, or of the ttatliz action having taken place at all ; but Mr. Conant told him be e4med to know more about it than he chose to tell, and warned him not to show any reluctance to give his evidence, as it would be remembered. The ollicere, he believed, had obtained a clue, which he hoped would lead to the apprehension of the cheats. The landlord said he would readily come forward at any time to tell " all he knew—which was nothing at all," and he wiut per mitted to withdraw. MARYLEBONE.— Thomas Wight, a young gentleman of fashionable appearance, was charged with assaulting MIL Elisa beth Robins. Mrs. Robins stated, that she and her husband were in the ser vice of Mr. Grice, the apothecary of the Paddington Dispensary. Mr. Wight was an apprentice to Mr. Grice. He took several opportunities lately of making overtures to her, to induce her to desert her husband and live with him. On Sunday night, while she was sitting on the sofa, he came and sat near her, and said her husband was a rogue and a villain, and not deserving of such a wife. He praised her beauty, said she was a nice-looking wo man, and he had taken a liking to her, and If she would consent to live with bins he would make her happy and comfortable, and give her every thing she could wish for. She would not listen to him, and on that account he threatened to strike her. She told her husband of the circumstance. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Wight quarrelled with berin the kitchen, and struck her a violent blow on the face, and she fell against the dresser. She . bled profusely, and could not have lust a less quantity of blood than a quart. Her nose bore evident marks of the assault. All she now wanted was protection. Mr. Wight denied the charges / and said that Mrs. Robins called her husband a villain. He never took any familiarities with her. Robins, the husband, here came forward, and called Mr. Wight a villain and a liar. He would not listen to such imputations on his wife's character. He would split Wight's skull, and have satisfaction. (He became outrageous at this moment, and broke a two-foot rule on the bar.) He did not care what would be done to him. Mr. linwurisorr said unless Robins restrained his furious temper he should have him removed from the office. Robins (vehemently)--I don't care whether you lock me up or not, I can't bear it. Mr. Grice was lorry that such an unpleasant occurrence should have taken place in his house. Mr. RawLatspre regretted that so respectable a young num should be guilty of such an offence. It was the second time , that Mr. Wight was brought before him for assaulting a married woman in his master's house. It was a serious offence to disturb perhaps for ever, the peace of mind of a virtuous family. The case should go to the Sessions, and in the mean time Mr. Wight should find very good bail. Two respectable individuals then came forward, and - were as eepted as bail. Robins was bound in recognizancea of 50/. to keep the peace towards Wight. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held for the de spatch of general business. Mr. PIACOCK said, he had had cards put into his hands, re commending two persons as candidates for the office of Sheriff.— He knew neither of the gentlemen, and, as far as he could learn, they were unknown to the great body of the Livery. He consi dered it of the highest importance that the Livery of London should know who the persons were whom they appointed as She riffs, and he deprecated such a mode of getting strangers into the office. Jobbing atturnies were in the habit of pushing forward gentlemen, with the view of getting made Under-Sheriffs to the candidates, if they were successful. He hoped the subject would be brought forward ou the hustings by those who had the ear of the Livery, It was well known that on the last election they would have been saddled with two persons as Sheriff', whom per haps they (the Corporation) would not afterwards" have so well fancied, bad it not been for the two gentlemen who now so well filled the office coming forward. For this act the Corporation were much indebted to them.--(Hear, hear !)—He considered that the ancient mode of nomination should be reverted to.— (Hear, hear !) Mr. S. DIXON said, he found in • morning paper, a statement that Mr. Winchester and Mr. Farebrother had been introduced on the hustings by Mr. Alderman Lucas and Mr. Alderman Thomp son to the Lord Mayor, as candidates for the office of Sheriff nest Midsummer-iiay. This, he presumed, was a pt/'T prelimioary. He agreed that it would be highly advantageous that the ancient mode of nomination should be reverted to, and that the choke should be made from the list formed by the Lord Mayor 'forth* time being, who, they might hi sure, would nominate sumo but fitting persons, as he was responsible fur their eharactere. Mr. Alderman LUCAS ssid, the Gentleman who had brought forward this subject was hardly justified in the course lie had taken with respect to the two candidates. They were nut, as had been stated, strangers to the Livery though they might be to that worthy Member. One of them, Mr. Farebrother, was a Gentle man of independent fortune, who had long belonged to his (Mr. Alderman Lucas's) Company, and was highly esteemed. The other (Mr. Winchester) was Master of the Cutler's Company. If the Gentleman who brought forward the question had any thing to object to their characters, the hustings was the proper place to state it. He (Alderman Lucas) considered that it was proper the candidates should be known more publicly, and that they should be more particularly known to the Lord Mayor; and he therefore introduced them to his Lordship. Air. Alderman Thompson knew the Gentlemen equally well, and was equally free from any intention of dictating to the Livery in the course they had taken. (Hear, hear.) The Loan MAYOR said, that neither himself nor his predeces sors had drank to gentlemen or nominated them, in the ancient mode, as fitting to serve the office of Sheriffs, beeline. the Livery had nit, for some time, been in the habit of paying attention to these nominations. They did not think it right to inconvenience gentlemen by putting them in nomination, where the probability was so remote. At the same time, he considered it would be ad visable to revert to the ancient practice, for considerable inconve nience had resulted in consequence of the departure from the an cient practice._( Hear, bear !) . Mr. jamas said, that nearly the whole of the gentlemen whose names were inscribed on the list, had, on one ground or other, ex cused themselves from serving the office. He never had the good fortune to obtain the office of Under-Sheriff, and never expected to do so. That consideration should never prevent him propoiing those whom he thought fit to serve the office, and in nominating one of them, as he intended, he thought he should render a servios to his fellow-citizens. After some observations from Mr. Alderman %Valium/4w and Mr. Faviat., the discussion terminated. George Gregory, Esq., a very mild and humane country gentleman, residing at hie mansion on the road from Ashford to Willesborough, having recently received au anony mous letter, couched in the most violent language, stating that hr would be murdered, if he did not, on an evening named by the writer, fill a purse with sovereign' that was placed empty the day before by the writer, in a hole in th e eart h, at ' one a id, o f t h e gates leading to his shrubb ery, a friend suggested to Mr. Gregory to deposit, in the purse halfpence, (instead of what was demanded by his anonymous correspondent), and to place a person to watch on the occasion ; which was accordingly done ; when at about eleven o'clock on Monday, (12th of June,) a fellow named Joe Finn, of Willesborough, a labourer, came and took the purse from its depository, and immediately was taken into custody by the watchman, when, on being examined before the Magistrates at Ashford, satisfactory evidence was produced to warrant the tom, minnent of Finn, and his accomplice Mrs. 13ennett, to take their trial for the offence, at the next assizes for Maid.stoue.— cinyue Ports Herald. • . bad all landed except two.young men, MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-21,1.geNtaVetdhieleeSdutuayb: irs marriage party had gone on a trip from in a boat, f rom w hich th e y joiners by trede, who, preferring aquatic stpusement, pr o p ose d to sail about until those who laid gone ashore would return..._ There were no oars on board, and they, being unacquainted w i t h the trimming of sail., were somewhat awkWard iA th e ~,a liaget ot the sloop which had hurtle ment of the boat, and making a wrong matneuvre unfortunately threw themselves in the track of a 'loop which was scudding be fore the wind, by which the boat was run down, and with it a u c r s e t t n u ee ut, fro w m all th p e ic t' k r e e tl v up, but the other young many. the two young men instantly disappeared. had sunk to rise no One of them shortly after re-appeared struggling on the bosom of the watere, and by p dwi r ha o teo m ste p y t npuine is Hendry, olui'e• Th e news o f the catastrophe soon re a ched the ears of hi s f r i en d s on shore, and the festivity and joy with which they had ush ere d in hod were .crow ning the day, were ere th e evening co erre d into mourn ing an d grief for the unhappy fan: v i a promising young 1, 0 1, thus preinaturetY 'matched friint the world, at a time too when 'revi,i! - Ilk afire to all those pleasurable sensations which the nature of their meeting was so calculated to in spi„, Every effort was made on Thursday in searching for the corpse without effect, and: the wind semi so sttzt that the . . F . boat. engaged in trawling h a d to desist. is suppo sed the bnily i s entangled about the boat, and may not probably be got till lobe ! F is raised. -4'tlinburph Courant,' MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, Moxnay, JUNI 26. At the Court of Commissioners. S. T. Williamson, Southampton, at 12. W. Lindsay, Coleman-street, at 12. G. Porter. Park-terrace, Regent's-park, at 12. A. Simmons, Strand, at 11. M. and L. Moses, Great Prescott -street, Goodman 's-fields, at 12. R. W. Ward, Middlesex -street, Whitechapel, at 10. J. P. Anstice and R. Thornhill, Old South Sea House, at 11. F. IL Pearce, Fulham, Middlesex, at 11. J. Joel, Preston, Lancaster, at 1. J. Rutland, Oxford-street, at 12. COUNTRY DIARY, MONDAY, iota 26. W. H. Dove, Bath, Somerset, at the Angel, Bath, at 11. B. Buckley, Wllistoues, Worcester, at the Star and Garter Jun, Worcester, at 12. W. Jackson, St. Andrew, 'Worcester, at the Star and Gartar Inn, Worcester, at J. Jones, Dudley, Worcester, at the Star, Manchester, at R. J. Powell, Worcester, at the White Horse, Worcester, at 1. J. Cartledge, Brow-bridge, Halifax, York, at Messrs. Alexander's office, Halifax, at 11. - J. Ainley, Barkitiland, Halifax, York, at ifelera. Alexander'* office, Halifax, at I I . J. Stainsfield,. Hanroyd, Halifax, York, at Mewl. Alexauder's . - office, Halifax, at 11. J. Walibridge, Newport, Isle of Wight, Southampton, at the . King's Aims, Wimborne-Minster, at 3. J. Rice, Great Torrington, Devon, at the Barnstaple Inn, Euler, at 11. T. Farlow, Manchester, at the Star, Manchester, at 10. J. Old, Bridgwater, Somerset, at the Crown, Bridgwater, at 11. J. Bell, Liverpool, at the George, Liverpool, at 1. W., J., and S. Radcliffe, Stockport, Chester, a t White'i 1104 . - Mancheater, at 10. W. Morrison, Liverpool, at Mr. Mawdaley's Liverpool, at 11. W. Rich, Wigan, Lancaster, at Mr. Casksll'a office, Wigan, at 7. H. Makepeace, Bristol, at Messrs. Browne and Co.'s' Ace, Bristol, at 1. • Green, Sampson, and Smith, Sheffield, York, at Mr. Branson 's office, Sheffield, at 12. R. Rings, Ledbury, Hereford, at the Feathers, Ledbury, at 9. W. Willement, Colchester, Essex, at the Swan, Mancroft, at 4. G. F. Baker and G. K. Pearson, Macclesfield, at Messrs. °rift*. ditch and Co.'s office, Macclesfield, at 11. J. Stock, Bristol, at Messrs. Bevan and Co.'s office, Bristol, at le. Mottershead. Liverpool, at Mr. Minshull's office, Liverpool, at -- S. Haskins, Bristol, at Mr. Heaven's office, Bristol, at 2. M. Jackson, Cheltenham, at Mr. Croud's office, Cheltenham, at 12. PETITIONS OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. To he heard in Portugal-street, LONDON, Mit TIIRSDAY. H. Cottrell, Newington-Causeway, Southwark, commission-agent. F. Ehlert, Jew's-row, Chelsea, Middlesex, victualler. J. Shaw, Finsbury-street, Finsbury-square, jeweller. W. Barns, Sunbury, Middlesex, ale-brewer. W. Maclennan, May's-buildings, St. Martin's-lane, watch-maker. J. Gregory, Gower-place, Euston-square, Middlesex, tailor. B. Benton, Church -street, Manchester, silk-merchant. A. Davin, Bridgewater-square, London, jeweller. F. A. Merrett, Southampton-street, Pentonville, victualler. E. Bottomley, Shoe-lane, London, coal-dealer. W. Hayward, Henry-street, Bedford-square, plumber. J. Hatton, Chapel-street, Soho-square, sweep-washer. C. V. Dowling, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, reporter. J. Rees, Warwick-place, Kingsland-road, house-agent. J. S. Chappell, Oxford-street, silk-mercer. T. Flint, Frederick-place, Hampstead-road, cabinet-maker. J. Bowlden, Maidstone, Kent, schoolmaster. T. Stone, Palmer -terrace, Holloway, schoolmaster. J. Dabling, Broadway, Westminster, green-grocer. Lufkin, Queen's-place, Commercial-load, linen-draper. J. Townsend, Haworth, Bradford, woolstapler. IN THE COUNTRY. NoßYiteß, at the Court-House, next MONDAY. J. Cobb, Aykhan), Norfolk, hair-dresser. D. Chutney, Statham, Norfolk, butcher. T. Dent, Little Waleingham, Norfolk, shopkeeper. J. Ellie Terrington, St. Clement, Norfolk, butcher. T. Jac kson, Walshighauft, Norfolk, shopkeeper. D. Jim Ayhtleam, Norfolk, - Inner-dealer. J. Kay, the riungerof.kikon, Norfolk, cattle-dealer. 3. Little, Thetford, Norfolk, cords/sifter. B. Skoylee, Yarmouth, Norfolk, grocer. W. Tokelove, Feltwell, Norfolk, wheel-wright. R. Ward, Yarmouth, Norfolk, gentleman. A. Wittrick, Trowse Newton, coal-dealer. T. Hatvey, New Beckenham, Norfolk, plumber. J. T. Harvey, New Buckenbam, Norfolk, plumber. WAKYFIET,D, at the Court-House, nest TuEsnoY. J. Cottingliarn, Doncaster, bricklayer. W. Hodgkinson, Doncaster, York, grocer. J. Gibson, Deighton, Huddersfield. York, fancy matusfacturer- J. Brownill, Sheffield, table-knife-maker. J. Osborn, Sheffield-moor, Sheffield, York, cooper. J. Short, Little Sheffield, Sheffield, York, ivory-turner. J. Warburton, Sheffield, York, table-knife-cutler. J. Lunn, Sheffield, York, mason. J. Wilke, Sheffield, York, silver-plater. W. Mountain, Flockton, 'Rona, York, labourer. C. Perkins, Wakefield, York, attorney-at-law. T. Webster, North Owram, York, cordwainer. H. Lee, Wakefield, Yorkshire, tap-maker. E. Wilson, Sheffield, York, razor -manufacturer. G. Lord, Thornhill, Lees, York, Waterman. • J. Hobert,lion, Atterclifft, Sheffield, York, butcher. C. Todd, Doncaster, York, tailor. J. Proctor, Sheffield, York, merchant's clerk. Adorer- J. Bingh am,Carr-tielll, Norton, Derby.hire, edge-tool-non J. Barber, Holme, Almondbury, Huddersfield, York, clo thi er. Bower, Bradford, Y or k, wool -top-manufacturer. J. Barstow, Leeds, York, stuff-nianufacturer. W. Clark, Flanshaw-la ne , W a ke f i eld, York, cloth i er . W. Conant, Leeds, York, grocer. W. Cooper, Reettnn, Leeds, York, butcher. tu ra. B G . . cCrarawwebilliaaww., Robert t t T T o or n: L L e ee e t t l i s s: Y y o o r r k k , , ca ca r r p pe ett l i n is s n o l u it c aprer , G. Craven, Leeds, H u dd ers fi eld, York, merchant's clerk. F. Green, Honley, Hiitiersfield York, shopkeeper. J. Radcliffe, Deushaw, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, clothier. T. Smith, Sonthowram, Halifax, York, delver. J. White, Heaton, Bradford, York, stuff-manufacturer. J. Warneford, Leeds, York, grocer. otbit r ' J. Whiteley, H o h ue, Alniondbury, Huddersfield, York, cl CORN-EXCHANGE.—JuN E 21. de O r The arrival s t o t hi s morning w oo moderate. The trs every kind of Grain is so dull, that prices may be re ported tninally the same as on Monday. Ensiiih... Wheat. nta.rie.y. trslst.• Za r t s s . • MIA s 00 ARRIvAts. r. 7„306, Foreign... 6 ' 4° "-^•• 44d -- AT MARKEZ-Jula I. d. ti 6 Burdon 0 Felling Main 25 6 tiesisoa 31 0' fletkurn Main 91 0 Holywell 38 3 Killinswort...— 29 6 Liddell's Main—. IS 0 Ord t s Ratihttigh SS 0 Pease i 0 0 Percy , sti Pontop Shrip,on V 0 Polittop Windsor 17 0 Shipcote 'Canfield Moor SI Ships it . Market R d. Wylein Townley .....- -SS 3 28 Mialleraldßewicke3s 0 W. E Brown's 29 0 W. E. (ireen'e V U W. E. Hilda W. X. liatspar. 20 U W. E. Newmarch 31 fl W. E. Northurub, 20 0 W. E. Peareth 93 (1 W. 1. Riddell's 31 W. E. Walker 30 0 Burden Main rusty9s LitidelP 'Maier 25 0 a. s. si Heaton Trader Lambtou small L Stewart small 4 Culnt Cox 0 Eordel Main Halbeatti Mallet 47 0 Stone Coal Cox 6 we's Fred Elgin ; t1 9 tfro.v• 1i Wall n a End fiettedt.:4 W. X. WOW!' ;; $ W. E. Stewatt Hetton l o $ Walla End —Umolti; 8p........5144 saki, 355. MARRIED. On the lfith inst. at St. Geo rge 's, Cemeberwell, Georg* P. g 4; kett, Esq. of ChiehLter, to Harriett Louisa, y o ungest dasig ote. of W. G. Meymott, Esq. of Camberwell. On Saturday, at L ee, K ent, Samuel L ancaster, jun., to r42E ' ' ' Frances, daughter of Mr. Alderman Lucas. bodl On Monday, Mr. Edward Green, fisherman, to Mrs. DO, E s t of Boston; being his fifth wife, and her second husband. Ha wife had five husband,. The bridegroom applied for some abets' Inept of the f ee , on t h e groun d of his having been so good I " 3 ' teener. The bride was given away by the, britlegroorp'eson-ilfrs/t On Tuesday, at Windsor Ui Cas Ea 'tle, John Wrigbt, maul PoYrter to his present Majesty, and very ranch respected b g" who knew Wm- May 41, at Waterloo, after a few days' illness, •;-- De cc* ' l Ole celebrated peasant, who _was compelled to act as guide ` ,, — hluonaparte in the memorable battle of June 18th. Primo(' *ad Publiiihed by M. YOUNG, It 110 81114 "file-' NO. 112, Strand.